Why D isn't the next "big thing" already

[sneha]

On Wednesday, 27 July 2016 at 10:42:50 UTC, lkfsdg wrote:
> On Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 15:11:00 UTC, llaine wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I'm using D since a few month now and I was wondering why 
>> people don't jump onto it that much and why it isn't the "big 
>> thing" already.
>>
>> Everybody is into javascript nowadays, but IMO even for doing 
>> web I found Vibe.d more interesting and efficient than node.js 
>> for example.
>>
>> I agree that you have to be pragmatic and choose the right 
>> tools for the right jobs but I would be interested to have 
>> other opinion on thoses questions.
>
> Seriously, it could take years before D gets really popular and 
> that's normal. Web languages have raised quickly because they 
> were new, they weren't fighting against anything. D has C, Java 
> and C++ plus the other "new" languages Go, Rust.
>
> Also I predict that the more it'll get popular the less it will 
> attract hobbyist. I did't realized at the beginning (I've 
> discovered D in 2012 then started to learn more seriously in 
> 2014) but Alexandrescu clairly aims at a professional usage so 
> it'll become less and less fun.

I agree with you.